SWITZERLAND
Switzerland, officially the Swiss
Confederation is a federal republic in Europe. While still named
the "Swiss Confederation" for historical reasons, modern
Switzerland is a federal directorial republic consisting of 26
cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities,
called '"federal city". The country is situated in
Western-Central Europe and is bordered by Italy to the south,
France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and
Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country
geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and
the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While
the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss
population of approximately eight million people is concentrated
mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found:
among them are the two global and economic centres Zürich and
Geneva.
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